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The UNMAS programme in the Central African Republic (CAR) focuses on training security forces and encourages the professional development of its national personnel. Since the establishment of the UNMAS programme in 2014…

Baghdad, 21 June 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of AUD 3,000,000 million (approximately USD 2,295,333 million) from the Government of Australia to further…

The distances are long, the sun is inclement and strong in the department of Caquetá, and the terrain that must be covered to evaluate the training or to monitor the areas of humanitarian demining operations carried out by…

Beirut, April 2021 – With the support from the Government of Japan (USD 825,000), the United Nations Mine Action Service Syria Response Programme (UNMAS SRP) launched the new project “Humanitarian Mine Action to address…

Every year on 4th April, the world celebrates the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNMAS, in collaboration with the Congolese Mine Action…

The International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action - 4 April - this year fell on Easter Sunday, the most important of Christian festivals and celebrated by more than 1 billion people across the globe. In…

It was the most traumatic experience I’ve ever had. In the middle of the conflict, one thinks that one is prepared to face an accident, to be in a hospital or in a jail, but when I lost my hands, everything changed. I just…

In 2019, UNMAS recruited Asnath Konaté as Weapons and Ammunitions Management (WAM) Assistant in the Central African Republic. Before joining UNMAS, Asnath didn’t have any experience in WAM. However, after completing a series…

A week after its manual clearance operations began, a certified team from the civil humanitarian demining organization HUMANICEMOS DH found an anti-personnel mine with a pressure activation system in the Unión Cordillera…

Baghdad, 22 February 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 505,000 (approximately USD 617,000) from the Government of France renewing its commitment in…

Baghdad, 15 February 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of USD four million from the Federal Republic of Germany for the provision of clearance operations in…

What influenced you to work in explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) in Abyei? My journey started in 2004 in my country, Uganda. Given the historical background and the various conflicts which affected my country, many…